Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Extreme folly or stupidity.
- noun A foolish or stupid utterance or deed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being an idiot; natural absence or marked defect of understanding; mental imbecility. See
idiot .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The condition or quality of being an idiot; absence, or marked deficiency, of sense and intelligence.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun psychology The state or condition of being an
idiot ; the quality of having anintelligence level far belowaverage ; mentalretardation . - noun An act lacking intelligence or
sense ; an instance ofsenselessness ; extremelyfoolish behaviour .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun extreme mental retardation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Dobbs defending the incredibly stupid birther idiocy is the topic.
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All of this idiocy is a major reason why I moved out of the state in June.
Sound Politics: George Will on Censorship of Political Speech 2006
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But that, of course, you term idiocy -- and maybe it is.
The Idiot John Kendrick Bangs 1892
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Mexico border fence, which he calls "idiocy," instead wants more border agents.
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Mexico border fence, which he calls "idiocy," instead wants more border agents.
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Mexico border fence, which he calls "idiocy," instead wants more border agents.
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Mexico border fence, which he calls "idiocy," instead wants more border agents.
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Mexico border fence, which he calls "idiocy," instead wants more border agents.
www.startribune.com 2012
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Mexico border fence, which he calls "idiocy," instead wants more border agents.
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Mexico border fence, which he calls "idiocy," instead wants more border agents.
The Seattle Times 2011
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